"strip of rocks and beach separating the tracks from the sea. The stations at St. James and Kalk Bay are popular with beachgoers, as is Fish Hoek. The double track ends at Fish Hoek, and so do many trains on the line. Those that continue wind along the coastline on single tracks through Sunny Cove and Glencairn to the terminus at Simon's Town. Southern Line (Cape Town) The Southern Line is a commuter rail line operated by Metrorail Western Cape, connecting Cape Town station in central Cape Town, South Africa with the Southern Suburbs and the towns on the west"
"Cape Medical Museum The Cape Medical Museum is situated in the Old City Hospital Complex in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Its exhibitions center around the medical history of the Cape and includes exhibitions on dentistry, hospital care, traditional African medicine and pharmaceutical developments. It was founded by a group of volunteers in the 1980s led by Prof J C De Villiers. Since its conception it was proclaimed as a Provincial Museum of the government of the Western Cape province. South African history and its encounters with Europe, was arguably due to medical reasons. As the Dutch East India"
"Cape Town Cape Town ( ; Xhosa: ""iKapa""; Dutch: ""Kaapstad"") is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. As the place where the Parliament of South Africa is found, Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. The other two capitals are located in Pretoria (the administrative capital where the President and Cabinet work) and Bloemfontein (the judicial capital where the National Court of Appeal is located). The city is known for its harbour, for its natural"
"and mostly clear skies. These south easterly winds are locally known as the Cape Doctor. They keep the region relatively cool. Because of its south facing aspect False Bay is exposed to these winds, particularly on the west side, while Table Bay and the west coast of the peninsula experience an offshore wind. This wind pattern is locally influenced by the topography to the extent that gale force winds may be blowing in one place, while a few kilometers away it may be almost calm. Winter in the South-western Cape is characterised by disturbances in the circumpolar westerly winds, resulting"
"by Dutch settlers when the city of Cape Town was founded in the 17th century. The hospital was declared a Western Cape Provincial Heritage Site in 1996. Groote Schuur Hospital Groote Schuur Hospital is a large, government-funded, teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur is the chief academic hospital of the University of Cape"
"Somerset Hospital (Cape Town) The Somerset Hospital in the Green Point area of Cape Town, South Africa opened in 1864 and has been declared a provincial heritage site. The hospital replaced one of the same name in Chiapinni Street, which had been founded by Dr Samuel Bailey in 1818 as the first civilian hospital in Cape Town. It was named after Lord Charles Somerset the governor of the Cape Colony who gave land for the construction. The Chavonnes Battery was used as an isolation and convalescent wing. The cornerstone for the new hospital was laid on 18 August 1859 by"
"recovery ward from the early 20th century. It includes contemporary nursing and midwifery equipment. The museum's educational programmes are aligned to the National School Curriculum of South Africa, and specifically focuses on the ""History of Medicine"" and medicinal plants. The museum offers guided tours through its exhibition spaces. For additional information see photo gallery above. The Cape Medical Museum is situated in the Old City Hospital Complex, Green Point (Cape Town), South Africa. Cape Medical Museum The Cape Medical Museum is situated in the Old City Hospital Complex in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Its exhibitions center around the"
"Cape Dutch Cape Dutch, also commonly known as Cape Afrikaners, were a historic socioeconomic class of Afrikaners who lived in the Western Cape during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The terms have been evoked to describe an affluent, apolitical section of the Cape Colony's Afrikaner population which did not participate in the Great Trek or the subsequent founding of the Boer republics. Today, the Cape Dutch are credited with helping shape and a promote a unique Afrikaner cultural identity through their formation of civic associations such as the Afrikaner Bond, and promotion of the Afrikaans language. At the onset of"
"Heart of Cape Town Museum The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road. The hospital was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. The museum opened on December 3, 2007 marking the 40th anniversary of the heart transplant by Christiaan Barnard. The Heart of Cape Town Museum honors everyone who played a major role"
"Anglican Diocese of Cape Town The Diocese of Cape Town is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) which presently covers central Cape Town, some of its suburbs and the island of Tristan da Cunha, though in the past it has covered a much larger territory. The Ordinary of the diocese is Archbishop of Cape Town and ""ex officio"" Primate and Metropolitan of the ACSA. His seat is St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. Desmond Tutu was archbishop from 1986 to 1996 and is currently archbishop-emeritus. The current archbishop is Thabo Makgoba. Because of the archbishop's responsibilities"
"The story of two contrasting characters in a remote, rural hospital in post-apartheid South Africa, ""The Good Doctor"" was enthusiastically received by critics. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize in 2003 and also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book from the Africa Region. Galgut has written a number of plays and has taught drama at the University of Cape Town. He has been a resident of Cape Town since the early 1990s. He is a keen traveller and, in fact, wrote much of ""The Good Doctor"" in a hotel in Goa. He describes himself as ""obsessed"""
"History of Cape Town The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui !Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoe language meaning ""where clouds gather."" All knowledge of the previous inhabitants of the region was derived from fossil evidence and from rock art in the area. The first Europeans to discover the Cape were the Portuguese. Bartholomeu Dias arrived in 1488 after journeying south along the west coast of Africa."
"the Melomed Center is a principal teaching hospital, with the state of the art virtual-patient lab. Groote Schuur Hospital<br> Groote Schuur Hospital, home of the world’s first heart transplant, is located in the center of Cape Town, and trains dental students in several disciplines namely oral and maxillofacial surgery, general surgery, internal medicine, etc. Red Cross Children’s Hospital<br> Red Cross Children’s Hospital is a specialist pediatric referral hospital, training students from the University of Cape Town’s medical school, University of the Western Cape’s Dental School, and the University of Stellenbosch. The hospital is located in Rondebosch, Cape Town, in the"
"and literary works obtained from Germany. These men also formed an amateur theatrical company, which staged German plays. Several married Cape Town women. Their chaplain, Johann Friedrich Spönlin, effected an improvement in the school system of the Cape. Dr Friedrich Ludwig Liesching became the owner of the largest pharmacy and later was chief of medical services and the hospital in Cape Town. Captain Johannes Zorn held the position of first landdrost at the Cape, and built the imposing mansion Leeuwenhof, now the official residence of the Premier of the Western Cape. His garden, with its exotic plants and birds, was"
"Frere Hospital Frere Hospital is a large, provincial, government funded hospital situated in East London, Eastern Cape in South Africa. It was established in 1881 and is a tertiary teaching hospital. Frere Hospital is named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Governor of the Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880. The hospital departments include Trauma and Emergency department, Orthopaedic surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, ARV clinic for HIV/AIDS in adults and children, Anaesthetics, Family Medicine, Dermatology, Oncology for adult and paediatric patients and burns unit. The other surgical specialties include Neurosurgery, Urology, Paediatric Surgery, Otolaryngology (ENT), Ophthalmology and Maxillofacial surgery."
"of Cape Town (Cape Town), Ekurhuleni (East Rand), eThekwini (Durban), City of Johannesburg (Johannesburg), Mangaung (Bloemfontein), Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth), and City of Tshwane (Pretoria). Outside the metropolitan municipalities, the rest of South Africa is divided into 44 district municipalities. These cover large regions of the provinces, and are in turn divided into local municipalities (see below). The district municipalities are responsible for ""district-wide"" municipal functions, including development planning, bulk supply of utilities, arterial roads, and public transport. In district councils, 60% of the councillors are nominated by the councils of the constituent local municipalities, while the remaining 40%"
"the neighboring city of Cape Town where centre employees conduct research, as well as test and treat community members. The main campus, where most of the medical research is conducted, is located at the Tygerberg campus of the University of Stellenbosch. The centre dwells at the intersection of research, training, policy, and community. Having produced over 400 scientific publications, the DTTC puts forth much energy and effort to improve health through research. It also focuses on training numerous masters and PhD students, health care workers, Department of Health advisors by providing courses to enhance their knowledge of the status of"
"proclamation 299 of the Government Gazette. The proclamation of provincial museums in the Western Cape province of South Africa is governed by legislation known as the Museum Ordinance 8 of 1975. The museum features several turn-of-the-century medical exhibitions, featuring a Doctor's Consulting Room, Dentist Room, Hospital Ward and Operating Theater. Furthermore, the museum focuses on the unique contribution of the indigenous people of the Western Cape in compiling the pharmaceutical knowledge of Doctors, and later Pharmacist, at the Cape Colony. In addition to its exhibitions, the museum has an activity room that allows children and school learners to learn about"
"his jobs was to check the water supply. Healthcare is funded by the government, undertaken by one resident doctor from South Africa and five nurses. Surgery or facilities for complex childbirth are therefore limited, and emergencies can necessitate communicating with passing fishing vessels so the injured person can be ferried to Cape Town. As of late 2007, IBM and Beacon Equity Partners, co-operating with Medweb, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the island's government on ""Project Tristan"", has supplied the island's doctor with access to long distance tele-medical help, making it possible to send EKG and X-ray pictures to"
"the Cape Governor Sir George Grey. In addition to the appointment of medical staff, nurses were recruited from the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, St Thomas' Hospital in London including Sister Helen Bowden, who in 1877 became the first fully qualified nurse to be appointed as Matron of Somerset Hospital. Subsequently the hospital established its own nurse training school, becoming the first hospital to train non-white nurses. From 1918 until 1937, when the Groote Schuur Hospital opened it was the main academic hospital of the University of Cape Town. A new West Wing opened in 1973 for white"
"the Cape Colony. He retired as a physician in 1947 for health reasons. He suffered a stroke causing a temporary aphasia. The University of Stellenbosch elected him as vice-chancellor. In 1952 the University of Witwatersrand awarded him an honorary PhD. in law. The Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape carries his name since its inauguration on June 30, 1956 by Jozua François Naudé. Retired as Minister of Health, Bremer died on July 18, 1953 at the age of 68. Karl Bremer Karl Bremer (27 April 1885 – 18 July 1953) was a doctor and a South African politician who"
"the Cape Flats, a mostly Coloured township, and Khayelitsha, a mostly black township. Cape Town is noted for its architectural heritage, with the highest density of Cape Dutch style buildings in the world. Cape Dutch style, which combines the architectural traditions of the Netherlands, Germany, France and Indonesia, is most visible in Constantia, the old government buildings in the Central Business District, and along Long Street. The annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, also known by its Afrikaans name of ""Kaapse Klopse"", is a large minstrel festival held annually on 2 January or """"Tweede Nuwe Jaar"""" (Afrikaans: Second New Year). Competing"
"the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. The name Baster is derived from the Dutch word for ""bastard"" (or ""crossbreed""). While some people consider this term demeaning, the Basters proudly use the term as an indication of their history. In South Africa, Coloured is a term used to refer to individuals with some degree of sub-Saharan ancestry but subjectively 'not enough' to be considered black-African under the Apartheid era law of South Africa. Today people self-identify as 'Coloured'. Other Afrikaans terms used include ""Bruinmense"" (translates to ""brown people""), ""Kleurlinge"" (translates to ""Coloured"") or ""Bruin Afrikaners"" (translates to ""brown Africans"""
"has authored and also co-authored several non fiction, academic undergraduate as well as post graduate medical books and scientific textbooks both in English and Afrikaans, including a comprehensive medical encyclopaedia in Afrikaans entitled ""Dokter In Die Huis"". He co-authored a road racing bicycle guide on how to ride the Argus Cycle Tour which is held yearly in Cape Town, South Africa. He was also a non fiction book author for Tafelberg Publishers in Cape Town during 2012. Donald du Toit Donald du Toit, FCS., FRCS.,PHD., D.Phil.(OXON) is a specialist general surgeon, clinician and emeritus professor as well as chief of"
"Cape Province until his retirement in 1926. As Administrator, he initiated the construction of a high-level road linking the city to the Southern Suburbs, known until 2017 as De Waal Drive. He also initiated the construction of Chapman's Peak Drive between Hout Bay and Noordhoek, a major engineering challenge. De Waal served as Chief Scout for the Boy Scouts Association in the Cape Province between 1912 and 1926. Nicolaas Frederic de Waal Sir Nicolaas Frederic de Waal KCMG (1853–1932) was the first Administrator of the Cape Province in South Africa. He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands and arrived in South"
"Observatory, Cape Town Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa that is bordered by Mowbray to the south, and Salt River to the northwest. Known affectionately as Obz, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood, most of the students attending the University of Cape Town located close by. It is also the home of the South African Astronomical Observatory headquarters as well as Groote Schuur Hospital. The suburb of Observatory is situated on the north-facing lower slopes of Devil's Peak. The slope runs into the Liesbeeck River and, as such, much of present-day lower Observatory was"
"Valkenberg Hospital The Valkenberg Hospital is a large, government-funded, tertiary psychiatric hospital in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in the suburb of Observatory between the banks of the Liesbeek and Black Rivers, overlooking Devil's Peak in the distance. Together with its associated psychiatric hospitals (Lentegeur, Stikland and Alexandra Hospitals) it is the chief provider of specialist psychiatric services to the Cape Peninsula as well as being a major specialist referral centre of the Western Cape province. It is the main teaching hospital for the University of Cape Town's Department of Psychiatry and is also a"
"Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in South Africa. The earliest known remnants in the region were found at Peers Cave in Fish Hoek and date to between 15,000 and 12,000 years ago. Little is known of the history of the region's first residents, since there is no written history from the area before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 who was the first European to reach the area and named it ""Cape of Storms"" (Cabo das Tormentas). It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as ""Cape of Good Hope"" (Cabo da"
"City of Cape Town The City of Cape Town (; ) is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 3,740,026. The remote Prince Edward Islands are deemed to be part of the City of Cape Town, specifically of ward 55. Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as"
"Fremantle Doctor The Fremantle Doctor, the Freo Doctor, or simply The Doctor is the Western Australian vernacular term for the cooling afternoon sea breeze which occurs during summer months in south west coastal areas of Western Australia. The sea breeze occurs because of the major temperature difference between the land and sea. The name was in use as early as the 1870s and was similar to equivalent terms for winds that occurred in South Africa and the West Indies. During summer months, the Fremantle Doctor consistently blows from the southwest along the southern half of the west coast, starting between"
"a South African vernacular style. Unlike real Cape Dutch Architecture, the Cape Dutch Revival style is defined almost exclusively by ornate gables. The rise in popularity of the Cape Dutch Revival style led to a renewed interest in Cape Dutch architecture and many original Cape Dutch buildings were restored during this period. Notes by Dr. Hans Fransen, architectural historian and author of The Old Buildings of the Cape (2004) and Old Towns and Villages of the Cape (2006). Cape Dutch architecture Cape Dutch architecture is a traditional Afrikaner architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but"
"In some cases (as in South Africa) those dioceses which are of greater importance are called archdioceses and are headed by an archbishop. In South Africa there are five such archdioceses, one of which is Cape Town. Each diocesan bishop in the world (ecclesiastically called an ordinary to distinguish him from other bishops who work in an administrative capacity) is responsible directly to the Pope. In order to facilitate and co-ordinate various matters of national interest such as seminaries, the bishops of South Africa are associated into the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC). This conference is affiliated to two"
"Cape Dutch architecture Cape Dutch architecture is a traditional Afrikaner architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but also other places where the Dutch settled, e.g. (Western) Australia. The style was prominent in the early days (17th century) of the Cape Colony, and the name derives from the fact that the initial settlers of the Cape were primarily Dutch. The style has roots in medieval Netherlands, Germany, France and Indonesia. Houses in this style have a distinctive and recognizable design, with a prominent feature being the grand, ornately rounded gables, reminiscent of features in townhouses of"